Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Sustainable Infrastructure from the Inter-American Development Bank

Integrate sustainability into your projects. Expand your knowledge in developing and financing sustainable infrastructure projects for growth in the region.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת בInfraestructura sostenible של Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

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Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Integrating information and tools for dealing with the dimensions of social, environmental, institutional, and economic-financial sustainability.
  • Introduction to a variety of funds that provide financing for sustainable infrastructure.
  • Strategic planning.
  • Organizing work groups.
  • Financing.

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Infrastructure project managers
  • Sustainability consultants
  • Urban planners
  • Water and energy professionals
  • Infrastructure Finance Managers
  • Environmental researchers
  • Public transportation managers
  • Sustainable development professionals
  • Infrastructure work group managers

Internship – Course Series No. 3

The internship program is intended for individuals involved in or interested in infrastructure, water, energy, environment, transportation, urban planning, and similar sectors. The program aims to develop a shared understanding of sustainable infrastructure, its dimensions, and its contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.

Course progress

  • Integrating information and tools for dealing with the dimensions of social, environmental, institutional, and economic-financial sustainability.
  • Introduction to a variety of funds that provide financing for sustainable infrastructure.

Hands-on Learning Project

During the internship program, participants will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge they have acquired in a research case. In this case, they will have to consider topics such as:

  • Strategic planning
  • Organizing work groups
  • Financing

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Sustainable infrastructure is on the development agenda

Course 1

Duration: 4 hours

Rating: 4.9 (18 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • The importance of sustainable infrastructure and its role in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals
  • Relevance and sustainability principles throughout the life cycle of infrastructure projects to address global challenges
  • The economic and social benefits of incorporating the private aspect into infrastructure projects

Skills you will gain

  • Sustainability
  • Paris Agreement
  • environment
  • Development
  • infrastructure

Course 2

Duration: 6 hours

What you’ll learn

  • The role of sustainable infrastructure in employment, gender equality, and nature-based solutions
  • The role of institutions, support strategies, and technical assistance from the Inter-American Development Bank in achieving sustainable infrastructure projects
  • Dependence, sustainability and resilience in infrastructure projects and their function, planning and implementation

Skills you will gain

  • Sustainability
  • Social impact
  • Climate change
  • Project planning
  • architecture

Course 3

Duration: 3 hours

What you’ll learn

  • Sources and opportunities for financing sustainable infrastructure projects
  • Innovative financial structures and tools for sustainable infrastructure projects that align with a pipeline of bankable projects
  • Subsidized financing; principles, impact and types of existing projects

Skills you will gain

  • Strategic management
  • Sustainability
  • Financing
  • Innovation
  • Green economy

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